- Description
- William Stopford hails from Brisbane in Queensland, Australia but recently lived for a year in his favorite city, New York City. Having been an active contributor on Curbside Classic while living in two different countries, William has been able to provide readers with articles from both an American and an Australian market perspective. He has been an enthusiast from a very young age, and was once pulled aside by his preschool teacher and asked to bring something other than car magazines for show and tell as he was “boring” the other children.
![In many large, densely-populated cities throughout the world, the streets are full of mini cars, bicycles and motorbikes. It’s hard to find a parking space, after all, and when you […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/cadillac-brougham-2.jpg "CC Outtakes: The Bs and Cs of NYC")
![Toyota recently announced it is axing the youth-oriented Scion marque after 13 years. One of their first models, a rebadged Japanese-market Toyota bB known as the Scion xB, was an unexpectedly strong […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/chevrolet-astro.jpg "CC Outtake: Chevrolet Astro – Cool In Japan")
![American Motors Corporation followed a simple formula to make its Gremlin subcompact. First, take a popular compact. Second, cut off the rear end. Voilà, a subcompact, albeit one that wasn’t […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/mitsubishi-mirage-street3.jpg "Curbside Capsule: 1996-2004 Mitsubishi Mirage – A Gremlin Without The Gremlins")
![The Curbside Cohort is full of wonderful finds and brilliant photography and I highly recommend you visit it. But even if Mike Hayes had taken these photographs with a 10-year […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/mazda-626-yellow-submarine-4.jpg "Cohort Outtake: We All Live In A Yel-Low 6-2-6")
![A few years back in Brisbane – I believe it was after the frangipani window sticker craze ended, but before people started putting the stick-figure families on their cars – […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/chevrolet-aveo-super-bee.jpg "QOTD: What’s The Most Ridiculous Modification You’ve Ever Seen?")
![The Toyota Corolla has been one of the world’s best-selling nameplates for decades now. It has an enduring and well-earned reputation for quality and reliability. Anecdotally speaking, Corollas seem to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/toyota-corolla-4.jpg "CC Capsule: A Corral Of Corollas")
![The first Mazda MX-5 Miata was praised for its light weight, tipping the scales at just over 2,000 pounds. It was in a class of its own: the British roadsters […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/suzuki-cappuccino-4.jpg "Curbside Capsule: 1991-97 Suzuki Cappuccino – Hot Frothy Little Thing")
![The Ford Taurus was a hugely influential and successful American car, there’s no question about it. Its aerodynamic, premium styling was a breath of fresh air in a market full […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/chevrolet-celebrity1.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1982-90 Chevrolet Celebrity – Beating The Bull To The Rodeo")
![Not all Italian-designed hatchbacks are created equally. On the left is the Alfa Romeo 147, designed by Walter de Silva and Wolfgang Egger at Centro Stile Alfa Romeo. On the right […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/daewoo-lanos-alfa-romeo-147.jpg "Curbside Outtake/QOTD: Has There Ever Been A Beautiful Body Aching For A Better Car Underneath?")
![Proton, the automaker formerly owned by the Malaysian government, made their name building and exporting Mitsubishi cast-offs. Indeed, they didn’t engineer their own car until 2000 (the Waja) and continued selling […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/proton-m21-1.jpg "Curbside Outtake/QOTD: 1997-2000 Proton M21 – Would You Buy A Brand New Old Car?")
![It’s not often you leave for work in the morning and spy a bonafide Curbside Classic in front of your house. My street is generally quite sparse on Curbside Classics; […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ford-capri-1.jpg "CC Outtake: Ford Capri 3000 GT – A New Dawn")
![If people keep buying something, why not keep selling it? That’s what Japanese automakers figured from the Australian automotive market in the 1980s. Conservative, rear-wheel-drive, locally-built, four-cylinder cars wearing Toyota, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/nissan-pintara-4.jpg "Curbside Capsule: 1986-90 Nissan Pintara/Skyline – The Boxes Enter The Ring")
![The wagons featured yesterday were a little rough for wear. As packhorses for young travelers, they were likely bought cheap and rode hard, and one of them was even loaded […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/toyota-corona-t130-wagon-1.jpg "CC Capsule: 1979-83 Toyota Corona (T130) Wagon – Mint Mediocrity")
![There’s a street not too far from my office in Brisbane’s central business district that consists almost entirely of backpacker hostels, serviced apartments and other traveler-friendly accommodation. Being a local, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ford-falcon-holden-camira-nissan-pintara.jpg "CC Capsule: Well-Traveled Wagons On The Street Less Traveled")
![Planned obsolescence is when a product is designed from its inception to become unfashionable or obsolete shortly after its launch. In the 1950s, American automakers embraced this mantra and made […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/1971-pontiac.jpg "QOTD: What’s The Best-Looking 1971-76 Full-Size Pontiac?")
